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The family of a French explorer who died in a submersible implosion has filed a more than $50 million lawsuit, saying the crew experienced “terror and mental anguish” before the disaster and accusing the sub’s operator of gross negligence.

Paul-Henri Nargeolet was among five people who died when the Titan submersible implodedduring a voyage to the famed Titanic wreck site in the North Atlantic in June 2023. No one survived the trip aboard the experimental submersible owned by OceanGate, a company in Washington state that has since suspended operations.

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[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 24 points 3 months ago

They probably should have known that when they saw the sub was controlled by a modified game controller.

[-] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 68 points 3 months ago

FWIW, using game controllers is a reasonable thing to do. that game controller? Naw. But a good PS controller? Sure. Xbox? Alright. Nintendo? Only if it’s that weird N64 one.

If you stop and think about it, they’re compact, reliable and comfortable to use. Major consoles invest a relative shit ton of cash into developing it; and there’s plenty of drivers for whatever system you’re using.

There were a lot of straight up stupid design choices, but that wasn’t one of them. (Though their specific choice in controllers… yeah let’s mock that. It’s a terrible controller.)

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world -2 points 3 months ago

I get what you're saying, but I would also suggest that submarines going down to the Titanic should probably not risk being built with off-the-shelf parts.

[-] unreliable@discuss.tchncs.de 19 points 3 months ago

I think the whole sub was build in. I trust more a controller made by big company mass production for angry kids that an custon one.

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